Identifier: victrolabookofop00vict (find matches)
Title: The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Victor Talking Machine Company Rous, Samuel Holland
Subjects: Operas
Publisher: Camden, N.J. : Victor Talking Machine Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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14, 1902, during the tourof Mascagnis own company. Two days later New York heard the same organization givethe opera, but the production by the Metropolitan Opera Company did not occur until 1908,with a cast including Caruso, Eames, Scotti and Journet. Revived April 3, 1915, with Bori,Scotti and Botta. Characters ClECO, the blind man Bass IRIS, his daughter Soprano OSAKA Tenor KYOTO, a takiomati Baritone Ragpickers, Shopkeeper, Geishas, Mousme (laundry girls), Citizens,Strolling Players. In Greek mythology Iris (literally Rainbow) was the Goddess of the Rainbow, andand as such was the Messenger of Peace to all the inhabitants of the earth. Illica has named his Japanese heroine after this Greek goddess, and the story is enactedby Japanese characters under the shadow of Fujiyama, the Wisteria Mountain, to whichall Japanese bow. The story is somewhat symbolical in character, and through the rathersimple plot runs a sort of weird Japanese philosophy. 216 VICTROLA BOOK OF THE OPERA—IRIS
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IRIS IN HER GARDEN (MME. BORl) ACT I SCENE—The Home of Iris near the CityIris is a young and innocent countrygirl who lives with her blind father,Cieco, on the outskirts of the town,and spends her days worshipping theSun and playing with her dolls. Osaka,a rich and dissolute nobleman, seesthe lovely girl in her garden and con-trives with Kyoto, a takiomati or divekeeper, to obtain possession of her. Itis not easy to lead Iris away from herold blind father, to whom she is de-voted, but by means of a doll showthey arouse her curiosity, and as sheapproaches nearer and nearer to thepuppets, three Geisha dancers surroundher and quietly carry her off, whileOsa^a leaves money to pay the oldman for her, thereby making the abduc-tion legal. Cieco returns and is led tobelieve that his daughter has gone to the Yoshiwara (a questionable street) of her own accord, and in a rage goes in search of her, securing two peddlers to help him. ACT II SCENE—Interior of a house in the YoshiwaraIn the sec

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